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David SHEARER Labour Leader 09 April 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Labour pays respect to Margaret Thatcher Labour is today paying its respects to the family, friends and colleagues of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who passed away overnight. “Baroness Thatcher was a passionate and formidable…
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All sorts of ructions as a Danish politician described the powhiri she experienced in NZ as "uncivilised" and "grotesque". (Oddly enough she's from a right-wing party, who would have guessed?) So much so "ignorance as usual", but then up cropped Colin Craig, leader our very…
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Any day now the Government will announce more changes to the Employment Relations Act. These changes will drive down wages and undermine the conditions of all workers. They will also remove the small amount of protection most cleaners and hospitality workers get when the business…
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As I'm sure that many of you are aware, we had an outage commencing at about 2205 NZST last night and finally getting fixed at about 0825 this morning. I got notified about 10 minutes into the outage by my various ping systems that the…
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... for her major contribution to my political education. I lived in London during the entire time Thatcher was prime minister. It was a time of major change; of intensive, collective anti-Thatcher political action; of street riots; of international conflicts; of turmoil; of increasing divisions; of…
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North Korea is playing nuclear brinksmanship at the moment. Its leadership probably doesn't want war but the constant threat of war is how it get concessions from the West, gains mana, and keeps its people in line. The West is trying to defuse this situation…
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Having escaped his local disasters for some quiet time in China, John Key has been dabbling in international diplomacy and the dangerous situation surrounding the posturing of North Korea. After initial tough talk of war, Key has been backpedalling... Key plays down North Korea war…
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Key's 'knucklehead' outburst has been interpreted by the more sycophantic parts of the press as a clever 'wedging' of the media from the public. The supposed logic, which a few journos surprisingly buy, is that the media is much less popular than him, so attacking…
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Bill English has just admitted to Breakfast (good questioning by Nadine Chalmers-Ross) that the looters' bonus on Mighty River Power will cost around $40m. You and I can think of many valuable things this government could be doing with $40m, rather than giving it to…
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The Nats' youth rate wages ("for when the 'minimum' wage just isn't low enough") come in to effect next month. Some of the big youth employers are making their intentions known. I am both surprised and impressed with how many of them are choosing not…
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Yesterday I posted on how the international consortium of investigative journalists have exposed the global money maze that enable the wealthy to hide their wealth in trusts and tax havens. Today Nicky Hager's article explains how Kiwis are at the centre. Lawyers, helped by accountants,…
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As covered by marty mars, Councillor Bruce Wilson from the fine city of Palmerston North decided to crack "a joke" about sterilising Maaori women smokers so they wouldn't be able to smoke in front of their kids. Every single statement since then from him has…
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Congratulations to Duncan Campbell, Nicky Hager, et al involved in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for doing such a great job on the Gobal Offshore Money Maze. It began with an opportunity, as Duncan Campbell explains: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’exploration of the secretive…
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As is now well known, Key has had a wee tanty at the media: John Key calls media 'Knuckleheads' Prime Minister John Key has gone on the offensive, calling the media "knuckleheads" for their reporting on the appointment of GCSB head Ian Fletcher ... Speaking…
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In the current series of posts we're looking at the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCCC) 2012 report "Child Poverty in New Zealand evidence for action". Continuing from last week... 1.6 The impact of poverty on children The reports we've been covering recently are all…
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Interesting John Key interview / backrub on RadioLive this afternoon (ht idelgus in comments). No transcript or other reporting that I know of, but you can find it at the RadioLive audio section for today, segments starting 12:15 (especially 8 min in and 11 min)…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Yesterday, Iain Rennie as reported by Brent Edwards on RNZ responded to criticisms of Ian Fletcher's appointment as head of the GCSB. RNZ report. Later on Campbell Live Rennie did a very good job in damping down criticism of Key's intervention in the appointment. Rennie shifted the focus…
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Why else would he say: that he is particularly concerned by the trend for the complex nature of science to be ignored or misunderstood in societal debates, leading to the argument that you can find a scientist to support any given position. This, he says,…
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The Wellington City Council's special meeting to address the planned outsourcing of council services brought a mixed bag of results yesterday. Celia Wade-Brown, Wellington's Green Mayor, cast her vote for the first stage of outsourcing to continue with the result that the street cleaning and…
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So, the trend in the Roy Morgans continues, ever so painfully slowly to move in the Left's favour. Since Labour recovered from its election disaster level to 30+, the Left's support has risen at a bit under 0.2% per month, the Right vice versa. Lab+Green…
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Damn this is bad news. What is it with authors I like? They write too slowly for my OTT reading speed* and they seem to die too damn fast. Iain M Banks is one of only three authors whose books managed to survive my move into…
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The story keeps shifting from hour to hour, as questions are raised (see Eddie's post on Vance's questions), and Key's obfuscation is increasingly commented on. Now State Security Commissioner Iain Rennie, following ex GCSB chief Sir Bruce Ferguson's interview on Campbell Live (see Bomber's review), has…
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John Key needs some cover for his being caught out lying / incompetent / omitting stuff (/ insert your interpretation), so today the government is making sure it is Doing Something. More importantly Doing Something about Bad People. In this case, cyber-bullies. Fair enough, there's…
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Sales of our power companies, as many already knew, will mean bigger power prices for Kiwis, and higher paid for the top brass in the power companies. This has been confirmed by today's announcement by the government, that Might River Power top brass will be…
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